Thanks to e-Mediateka project many recordings will be available. Were chosen interviews with people connected with Bialystok (among others: artists, athletes, enthusiasts, “ordinary” citizens of Bialystok, Esperantists) which show a diverse range of topics. They are located within broad framework of possible time, refer to history of Bialystok and Podlasie, taking into account topics involving stories of people from Bialystok or Podlasie, but sometimes beyond the geographical area (e.g. bieżeństwo, deportations, Warsaw uprising, emigration). Moreover Mediateka CLZ as the only one in Poland multimedia library contains wide documentation Esperanto movement, and this part of the collection will be also presented in e-Mediateka. Users will have an opportunity to get to know with whole interviews or fragments, connected with chosen topics.

Oral history

Karczewska Elżbieta

Karczewska Elżbieta

Elżbieta Maria Karczewska, born the 6th of June 1950 in Chojnow, she graduated Warsaw University (diploma of Master of Administration), she worked among others: Provincial Center of Sport, Tourism and Recreation “Esperantotur” department in Bialystok, “Esperanto- Servis” private limited company, Service of Public Transport (Department of City Hall) in Bialystok (marketing), City Hall in Bialystok (public procurement), at present in Podlaska Library name Łukasz Górnicki in Bialystok. Membership in organizations: from 1985 she has worked in Esperanto movement. Interests: testing her own abilities on different fields, travels, facilities in interpersonal contacts based on universal language Esperanto.